Excavation (IMAGE)

Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz

Excavation

Caption

Excavation of a 125,000-year-old archaeological site in Neumark-Nord near Halle in the summer of 2007: The remains of hundreds of large mammals, mainly horses and bovids, and about 20,000 stone artefacts were discovered in the uniquely preserved lake landscape.

Credit

Wil Roebroeks, Universität Leiden

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